Justice

After the mass shooting in Aurora, a state lawmaker wants to require fingerprinting for residents of Illinois to own a gun and increase the fees for getting a Firearm Owners Identification card, but gun rights groups say new regulations aren’t… https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/lawmaker-eyes-bill-to-require-fingerprints-increasing-foid-card-fee/article_3fe09004-348b-11e9-b014-13b004a4e100.html

Illinois’ licensed medical cannabis dispensaries are pushing to make sure there’s no new competition should recreational marijuana be legalized. https://www.ilnews.org/news/health/illinois-medical-cannabis-growers-seek-monopoly-on-recreational-licenses/article_77d6bf20-3165-11e9-bab5-97c903dca8cd.html

Officials with the Illinois State Police said Monday the agency doesn’t have the Aurora mass shooter’s revoked Firearm Owners Identification card, and it doesn’t know how many firearm disposition records remain outstanding for last year. https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/illinois-state-police-gave-aurora-shooter-gun-permit-before-revoking/article_0394b38e-33da-11e9-bec8-137cd63d8309.html

Even if lawmakers pass a bill that bans assault weapons in Illinois, a state’s attorney in southern Illinois says he won’t enforce it. https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/prosecutor-says-he-won-t-enforce-proposed-assault-weapons-ban/article_9249b6fc-2efc-11e9-81d9-43ea345d4568.html

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is being careful in his request to revisit the sentence of former cop Jason Van Dyke. https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/illinois-attorney-general-wants-supreme-court-to-reconsider-cop-s/article_27b22b54-2ec4-11e9-a09a-97c3282de1a3.html

The governor announced a new state initiative Monday focused on bringing ideas to change the state’s criminal justice system to a single place. https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/pritzker-criminal-justice-initiative-to-focus-on-equity/article_b6843eee-2e2e-11e9-a2ff-cf944a8490be.html